/m/0c0p6lrMore insidiously, Gobineau identified the superiority of the French aristocracy with their descent from the Franks, the Germanic peoples who rose to power in France after the Roman Empire collapsed.

/m/0c0p6lrMore insidiously, Gobineau identified the superiority of the French aristocracy with their descent from the Franks, the Germanic peoples who rose to power in France after the Roman Empire collapsed.